The Music That Matters
Check out The Impact Vibe’s interview with JScripts. The American rapper, producer, and member of the group Straight Flush took the time to speak with the Vibe’s Antonice. Find out more about his flow and what happens when you miss your bus on tour.
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Girls Generation blew up worldwide this year with their hit "The Boys"
Each year here at WDBM, the station staff votes for our favorite songs of the past year. I love year-end lists, and usually have no trouble contributing my votes, however when I looked at the hundreds of songs that have been added to The Impact’s daily rotation in the past year, I couldn’t find more than a few songs that I had even heard.
Sure, I’ve become somewhat discouraged with indie music – how can you not with band names like “Girls,” “Boat,” “Yuck,” or “Wire?” But this isn’t to say that indie rock isn’t good enough; it’s simply that in 2011, K-pop has become more relevant than ever. I’ve been immersed in it completely, and it’s highly addictive. If you’ve heard about the Korean Wave or K-pop and are wondering what it’s all about, keep reading. If you are more into indie music and would rather die than listen to pop music, KEEP READING.
Continue reading ‘The Top 10 K-Pop and K-Indie Songs of 2011′
Tonight from 7-8pm hear an interview with folk-rock group, Blitzen Trapper as well as Michigan Folk artist Seth Bernard. Also, Peace Corp and the East Lansing Film Festival.
Tonight from 7-8 hear an interview with MSU alum and NBC correspondent, Chris Hansen. Also, hear an MSU’s student’s 10 day journey on the Freedom Ride, a 50 year anniversary commemoration of the civil rights movement.
Tonight from 7-8 you can hear interviews about TedXLansing, East Lansing Art Festival, and an in-studio performance by Cloud Magic.
Tonight from 7-8, tune in to IMPACT Exposure to hear local folk artist Jeff Pianki. Also learn how an MSU researcher found how your cell phone data can threaten your privacy.
The Virginia-based Mountain Man consists of Amelia Randall Meath, Alexandra Sauser-Monnig, and Molly Erin Sarle. Their debut album, Made the Harbor, is a stunning, expansive landscape of harmonies, accompanied sometimes by a guitar, and sometimes nothing at all. Their songs are comfortable and broken-in without ever sounding gimmicky or plain. On November 5th, Mountain Man’s live set included a few new songs, and almost every song performed off of Made the Harbor had been reworked in some way. I thought they were something of an odd fit to open for the particularly energetic Jónsi, but they captivated the audience better than most opening bands I’d seen. Their voices could start slow and quiet, drawing in the listening, and would swell into three-part harmonies that hold, move, shift, and trickle back down to a single voice. I was able to catch up with them back stage after the show. I sat cross-legged on the floor, while Molly, nursing
a broken foot, was stretched out propped up on her elbows and Amelia sat rubbing Molly’s back and stroking her hair.
Matt Revers: I understand you guys met in college. How did you decide to become Mountain Man?
Amelia: I heard Molly’s music. And molly’s music made me want to sing more, and so I taught one of Molly’s songs to Alex, and Molly wanted Alex to sing more, and then we all came together as a trio.
Continue reading ‘Impact Chats With… Mountain Man!’
Vancouver singer/songwriter Dan Mangan has a certain air of intense calm and openness that permeates any conversation. Before getting into the interview itself, I chatted with him about life on the road, and it became clear that this was certainly not his first time out touring. He spoke the way your favorite pair of old jeans would: warmly, comfortably. We at Impact 89FM caught up with him about his latest album Nice, Nice, Very Nice, the Vancouver scene, and life on the road.
Matt Revers: Your songs are a really interesting blend of poeticism and casual conversation. How would you explain your writing process?
Dan Mangan: Iʼve heard other people describe it as almost like a train of thought. Iʼve never been good at writing things like devotion songs, you know, kind of love songs, so most of my stuff ends up being kind of conversational. Kind of like “here are a bunch of my thoughts in a row,” and sometimes itʼs more serious, and sometimes itʼs a little bit more kind of tongue-in-cheek. In general I just kind of like taking the piss out of humanity. I think that weʼre very fickle creatures, and weʼre doomed to make some of the same mistakes over and over again. I aim to rib human kind without being a jerk about it. I think overall Iʼd like to spread a message of optimism, but I do enjoy taking the piss, for sure. Continue reading ‘The Impact Chats With… Dan Mangan!’
Nick Van Huis: Your sound has kind of a Motown feel to it, how does it feel to be in Detroit?
Andy Noble: You know, the “Motown” thing gets tossed around a lot in interviews and stuff, and it’s not that it’s not true, but it’s just that 9 out of 10 times, my inspiration for the R&B or funk stuff comes from the people who were standing in the shadows of the Motown people, the ones who didn’t have a huge record deal or anything like that. A lot more of the mom and pop recorded groups were more of an influence on us. Motown was kind of fancy. But it’s a huge soul city, a ton of people I’m a fan of have created albums here, so it is exciting. I love Detroit, it’s great for records, it’s great for soul people in general.
Continue reading ‘The Impact Chats With… Kings Go Forth!’
5/10/2010 at the Blind Pig in Ann Arbor
Nick Van Huis: I know Gorilla Manor was named after the house you guys lived in. How did the experience of living in that house influence the album?
Ryan: I think it definitely shaped the way that we write songs together. I’ve come to find that we are very weird, in that we are so collaborative. I think a lot of bands are centered around one guy who just writes all of the songs and tells everyone what to do. But we would wake up on Saturday morning or whatever and literally just get together in the main room of the house and just write songs together around a piano and two acoustic guitars and we did a lot of the songs that way just hours and hours on end of everyone just putting in their ideas and shaping the song that way. Continue reading ‘The Impact Chats With… Local Natives!’
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